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Attached photos are just finished belly bacon. It seems different from US versions, I think the English call it strip bacon. I slice it thinly and if I can get to keep some, vacuum pack. It proving very popular around friends so Im now have next Christmas presents sorted !
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Thanks for the interest guys,

Recipe - Brined in 2L water,1/3 cup sugar and salt, nitrite, 10 peppercorns,2 Pimento whole, 2 Cloves garlic - in fridge for three days. Smoked on apple shavings in ply smoker. The last hour I put in a dried corn cob, which gives it a nice bright colour. Dried in fridge for four days before slicing.
I buy only female pig meat, here these are best bought from Asian butchers, they don't use males at all. I've had supermarket pork which had the awful taint, never again.
The smoker has a cast iron pot inside, I light the shavings with a pre heated lump of charcoal. Needs attention every 1/2 hour, just stirring the wood. If ambient temperature is high, I put in a frozen 1L plastic bottle.
The slicer is an 8" deli machine I bought on EBay, has minute adjustments so I can get these almost translucent slices. Without it I'd be screwed !

If you can get nice belly, worth a go !
Regards all, Gus

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